Friday, July 31, 2015

Killing majestic, exotic, and (sometimes) endangered species
just for the sake of gaining a "trophy" really pisses me off. We, as
humans, reside at the top of the food chain. I consider that a privilege that
comes with a lot of responsibility. We're charged with being stewards of the
earth and all its natural resources and living creatures. Sadly, more often
than not, shit-for-brains members of our species do stupid things that serve no purpose but to
destroy the earth and its inhabitants.I
place so-called "big game hunters" in this category.

First let's establish one thing: Big game hunting isn't
"hunting", it's blood sport.There's absolutely no good reason to go out and kill wild, exotic and
(sometimes) endangered animals other than to have a dead animal's head hanging
on your wall or a set of ivory letter openers on your desk. It seems the more
exotic, majestic, and rare the animal is, the more determined a select group of
dipshit humans is to kill it and turn it into a trophy or trinket. That's not
hunting.I'm sure it's therapeutic for individuals
with small penises and/or too much time and money on their hands, but maybe put
that money and time into therapy instead of picking up a weapon, eh? Go talk to
a real hunter about how a good sized deer will feed his family for most of the
winter -and about how very little of that kill goes to waste.

There was a time not so very long ago, before big chain
supermarkets and factory farms, that hunting kept food on the table and
provided warm clothing.We've all come a
long way from our humble beginnings but I can't say that all the progress we've
made has been good progress. It's sad that after all this time on the earth,
some of us still haven't learned the value of life; not just human life, but
ALL life and how it contributes to a delicate balance of nature all around us.
Of the 44,838 species assessed worldwide, 905 are extinct and 16,928 are listed
as threatened to be extinct. I'm confident that a large percentage of these
extinct and threatened species have humans to thank for their situation.

I heard and read where a lot of people are quick to stick up
for this piece of shit dentist that killed Cecil the Lion. Sure, he was just
pursuing his passion... he didn't know the lion was protected... he trusted his
African guides when they told him it was legal and permitted to kill the
lion... blah, blah, blah.Dude, you
tortured (40 hours to track him once he was wounded with an arrow) and killed a
fucking LION for no good reason other than to have his head mounted on your
wall!! How can that be justified by ANY stretch of the imagination?!?Furthermore, this asshole shows up in
Zimbabwe flashing around $50,000 (more money than a lot of Zimbabweans will see
in their entire lifetimes!) to kill a lion - you don't think some enterprising
Zimbabwean isn't going to find him a lion to kill (legal or otherwise) come
hell or high water?!I don't buy ANY of
this dentist's bullshit excuses or reasoning for killing this creature. He's
obviously got some serious egotistical, emotional, or mental issues to even
dare attempt to justify what he did. NO ONE should be taking down lions in
Zimbabwe - NO ONE.If anything, we
should be helping the authorities there STOP the senseless poaching and
killing. Once these animals are gone, they're GONE - FOREVER. A lot of people
don't seem to get that.

This fucktard deserves all the scorn and outrage that he's
currently getting - $50,000 dollars' worth and more. I hope he does get extradited
back to Zimbabwe to answer to the authorities - and I hope he ends up paying
$50,000 more in fines. Moreover, I wish they could somehow take away this guy's
"hunting" rights FOREVER. That's not possible, I know, but it's
obvious that he -and a bunch of his "big game hunter" friends- can't
see anything wrong with what he did -other than trust the wrong people. He'll
be back out there again soon with another majestic animal in his crosshairs.

Monday, July 20, 2015

The definition of insanity is doing the same thing
over and over again and expecting a different result. We keep on lighting
candles, saying prayers and paying homage online to the innocent folks who keep
getting killed by radicalized Muslims -a lot of them U.S. Citizens. This keeps
happening over and over and over again and we keep voicing our horror and
sadness and anger and lighting more candles. Perhaps it's time we
actually start asking ourselves what's making these people get so pissed off and
outraged to the point where they think their only recourse is to blow
themselves and a crowd of other innocent people up in protest. I'm tired of
everyone just chalking these atrocities up to "terrorism" and
deciding that the people who commit these crimes are just plain evil
psychopaths with no legitimate reasons behind their actions.

For decades now, the big bad U.S. Government has inserted its mighty military
into places and issues that we have no business being involved with. We've used
our incredibly brave and dedicated men and women of the United States Armed
Forces as pawns to carry out our Government's underhanded and dirty little wars
that are always dressed up to look like another noble endeavor in preserving
OUR freedom and way of life. But if you look at the real facts behind why
we did what we did (and exactly what we did) in Iraq and Afghanistan, you'll
find far less noble pretenses. THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS of INNOCENT people in
Iraq and Afghanistan have been killed by the United States military. THOUSANDS
AND THOUSANDS of people have lost their homes, their families, their cities,
their entire way of life because of the U.S. A lot of these people were already
weary and ragged from years of wars within their own country and religion and
then the U.S. comes along and dumps more shit on them and makes their lives and
their futures even more difficult and uncertain.

It’s all fine and good to hate, despise, and blame the people who perpetrate
these senseless attacks on innocent people here on American soil, but let's not
stop the blame train with them... let's keep it going to our Government and our
military leaders who have wreaked havoc on the Muslim people and countries and
then left them all in shambles. They’re also responsible for THOUSANDS of dead
brave men and women in the U.S. military who serve without hesitation and
without question. All those brave souls didn’t have to die and thousands more
of their fellow soldiers didn’t have to lose body parts and their sanity in
wars that had absolutely nothing to do with protecting our freedom. What those
wars did do is piss off a whole bunch of already-pissed-off people and gave
them a nice big target on which to take out decades of frustration and
anger.So while you’re lighting candles
and sending prayers to the families of those brave men and women who have made
the ultimate sacrifice, maybe think about cleaning house in Washington and help
get all these war-mongering, money-grubbing fucktards out of office and get in
some true American patriots who can get this country back on its feet and get
our military out of places it doesn’t belong. That’s the ONLY way we’re going
to make any positive strides in reducing these terrorist attacks (home-grown
and otherwise) on our own soil.

Tuesday, March 24, 2015

In some ways, politics is a lot like the NFL. In the NFL, you have all these die-hard fans who get behind a team for any number of reasons and blindly follow that team until the end of time. In reality, all an NFL fan is really rooting for is a color scheme and a logo. Each team consists of a lot of over-paid atheletes from all over the country who end up an any given team because of back room deals, trades, and lucrative contracts. Most fans argue that they're rooting for the "home team" -even though none of the players of that team call the fan's home their home. They're there because they're getting paid to be there. And yet fans keep on blindly following and, when referring to the team, they say things like "We need to beef up our defense" as if they're actually a part of the team. That's frickin' hilarious to me.

It's the same thing with the two major political parties and all their "fans". Staunch Democrats and Republicans who pretty much swallow anything their party bosses tell them. They jump on the bandwagon every election cycle and get behind whoever their party puts forth as the front-runner. They agree whole-heartedly that everything that's wrong with this country is the other party's fault. Many actually believe that, once their candidate takes office, things will really change.

It's like believing there's any difference between any of the NFL teams. There isn't - they are all collectively "The NFL" and their primary goal is to bilk you for as much money as humanly possible, regardless of what team you're rooting for.

Politics is the same way. You think there's a difference between Republicans and Democrats but there isn't. They're working together to ensure that they, and they alone, retain control of the United states of America. All that blame-gaming and fiery rhetoric is just smoke and mirrors to prevent you from realizing they're all just one big greedy organization dead set to stay in power and do whatever the hell they want. Year after year; election after election. And their primary goal is to bilk you for as much money as humanly possible. I wish I could say that that was hilarious to me as well. It's not. It's scary. Scary that so many of us drink this kool-aid year after year and still expect things to change and get better.

With the 2016 General Election right around the corner, I can't wait to hear how the new candidates are going to change this country and bring about new hope for the coming years. I look forward to the new and innovative ways that the Democrats and Republicans will prevent any viable third-party candidates from joining the debates and getting on the ballot. The excitement is almost more than I can bear.